Cataloguing principles and practice : an inquiry; lectures delivered at a vacation course of the University of London School of Librarianship and Archives in March 1953 / edited with an introduction by Mary Piggott.

London : Library Association, 1954.

viii, 159 pages ; 23 cm

Introduction: a survey of the present situation, by M. Piggott.--Current research in cataloguing, by H. A. Sharp.--A reconsideration of the British Museum rules for compiling the catalogues of printed books. I, by F. C. Francis. II, by A. H. Chaplin.--New developments in cataloguing in the British national bibliography, by A. J. Wells.--Regional union catalogues, by R. F. Vollans.--Subject union catalogues, by D. T. Richnell.--Punched card systems for cataloguing and indexing, by D. V. Arnold.--Cataloguing in municipal libraries, by S. J. Butcher.--Cataloguing in county libraries, by L. Paulin.--Cataloguing in university libraries, by R. S. Mortimer.--Cataloguing in special libraries, by L. J. Jolley.--Appendix: The questionnaire and the answers.

Includes bibliographies